Stories from Thursday, January 5, 2023

Linda P. Murphy, 71, of Fort Scott, passed away Thursday morning, Dec. 29, 2022, at home. She was born Jan. 21, 1951, in Torrington, Wyo., the daughter of Wilbur W. “Red” Metcalf and Raymoleen P. (Lay) Metcalf. She was the oldest of three girls and fourth of their 12 children. She attended school in Torrington, Wyo., Scottsbluff and Bridgeport, Neb., and Twin Lakes and Longmont, Colo...

Nan Gallivan Wolfe, 80, passed away on Dec. 24, 2022 in Olathe, Kan. She was born Oct. 29, 1942 in Kansas City, Kan., to Mervyn “Dutch” Gallivan and Jean Swanson Gallivan. She graduated from Shawnee Mission High School and Emporia Teacher’s College. She married Clarence “Cal” Wolfe in April, 1964. ...

Marlene Gettler, 91, of Fort Scott, passed away Monday evening Jan. 2, 2023. She was born on Oct. 23, 1931, in Greensburg, Kan., the daughter of Earl R. Murphy and Florence E. (Pinnick) Murphy. She married Dean Gettler on June 14, 1953, in Topeka, Kan., and he survives of the home...

Mary Elizabeth “Zibbie” Grove, 97, formerly of Fort Scott, passed away early Wednesday morning, Dec. 28, 2022, at Kingswood Manor, Kansas City, Mo. She was born Sept. 28, 1925, in Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of Benjamin Hezekiah Coe, Sr., and Katherine Lucille (Bittner) Coe. She married Charles Allen Grove, Jr. on Feb. 14, 1950, in Fort Scott, and he preceded her in death on June 27, 2000...